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Fresh off its merger that created a $4.5 billion company, Orbital ATK will kick off testing of its new rocket engines in coming weeks, supporting plans for a first launch of its upgraded Antares launch system to the International Space Station in March 2016.

Unlike other insurance policies that are solely intended to cover costs of a worst case scenario, cyber insurance emerged with a bit of an ulterior motive: to give companies an incentive to be more secure. That was the theory, anyway.

Were you among those that accepted a lump-sum pension payout from The Boeing Co., Computer Sciences Corp., or any one of the growing list of companies making such offers? The government's watchdog agency says it just might cost you.

How well a company has locked down its systems and data will have a direct effect on how much a potential buyer is willing to shell out for an acquisition — or whether a buyer will even bite in the first place, said a panel of cybersecurity experts Thursday.